Golf club head

Abstract

A golf club head including a body having a hollow interior. The body includes a hosel portion, a front strike face, a crown and a sole. The sole includes a floor and a sidewall extending from the floor to the crown. The crown and the sole extend rearward from the front strike face to form the rear portion of the body. The sidewall and the crown form a heel portion of the body and a toe portion of the body. The sidewall includes first and second bores positioned at the heel portion and the toe portion, respectively. The first and second bores define first and second bore axes. The first and second bore axes intersect each other at or near the crown.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A golf club head comprising:
 a body having a hollow interior, the body comprising:
 a hosel portion; 
 a front strike face; 
 a crown; and 
 a sole comprising a floor and a sidewall extending from the floor to the crown, the crown and the sole extending rearward from the front strike face to form the rear portion of the body, the sidewall and the crown forming a heel portion and a toe portion of the body, the sidewall including first and second bores positioned at the heel portion and the toe portion, respectively, the body having a total maximum height measured about a first reference plane extending from the floor of the sole to the top of the crown, the body having a body width measured about a second reference plane extending through the centers of the first and second bores from the heel portion to the toe portion of the body, the first and second bores having first and second bore heights, respectively, measured with respect to the first reference plane from the bottom of the floor of the sole to the center of the first and second bores, each of the first and second bore heights being at least one quarter of the total maximum height of the body, the first bore being positioned toward the heel portion so as to be within a quarter of the body width from a heel side of the body, and the second bore being positioned toward the toe portion so as to be within a quarter of the body width from a toe side of the body. 
   
     
     
         2 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second bore heights are at least one third of the total maximum height of the body. 
     
     
         3 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second bores define first and second bore axes, and wherein the first and second bore axes intersect each other at or near the crown. 
     
     
         4 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the sole includes a third bore positioned at the rear portion of the body. 
     
     
         5 . The golf club head of  claim 4 , wherein the third bore has a third bore height measured with respect to the first reference plane from the bottom of the floor of the sole to the center of the third bore, and wherein the first and second bore heights are greater than the third bore height. 
     
     
         6 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the sole has openings opening into the hollow interior. 
     
     
         7 . The golf club head of  claim 6 , wherein the openings define an openings surface area, wherein the sole has a sole surface area, and wherein the openings surface area is at least 20 percent of the sole surface area. 
     
     
         8 . The golf club head of  claim 1 , further comprising a first sole plate removably mounted to the sole using at least the first and second bores. 
     
     
         9 . The golf club head of  claim 6 , further comprising a first sole plate removably mounted to the sole using at least the first and second bores, wherein the first sole plate extends over the openings in the sole. 
     
     
         10 . The golf club head of  claim 8 , further comprising at least first and second weight members, wherein the first and second bores are threaded, and wherein the first and second weight members extend through the sole plate and threadably engage the threaded first and second bores, respectively. 
     
     
         11 . The golf club head of  claim 8  further comprising a second sole plate interchangeable with the first sole plate to folio a kit, the second sole plate having different weight characteristics than the sole plate. 
     
     
         12 . The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the second sole plate has a shape identical to that of the first sole plate. 
     
     
         13 . The golf club head of  claim 1  further comprising a central recessed region in the crown forming a sight line for the golf club head. 
     
     
         14 . The golf club head of  claim 13 , wherein the central recessed region has a length of at least 2 inches and a width of at least 0.5 inch, wherein the central recessed region including a narrow sight marker extending in a direction from the strike face extending rearward over a portion of the central recessed region, and wherein the crown has a first color and the central recessed region is formed of at least a second color that contrasts with the first color. 
     
     
         15 . A golf club head comprising:
 a body having a hollow interior, the body comprising:
 a hosel portion; 
 a front strike face; 
 a crown; and 
 a sole comprising a floor and a sidewall extending from the floor to the crown, the crown and the sole extending rearward from the front strike face to form the rear portion of the body, the sidewall and the crown forming a heel portion and a toe portion of the body, the sidewall including first and second bores positioned at the heel portion and the toe portion, respectively, the first and second bores defining first and second bore axes, and wherein the first and second bore axes intersect each other at or near the crown. 
   
     
     
         16 . The golf club head of  claim 15 , wherein the body has a total maximum height measured with respect to a first reference plane from the floor of the sole to the top of the crown, wherein the first and second bores have first and second bore heights, respectively, measured with respect to the first reference plane from the bottom of the floor of the sole to the center of the first and second bores, and wherein each of the first and second bore heights are at least one quarter of the total maximum height of the body. 
     
     
         17 . The golf club head of  claim 15 , wherein the body has a body width measured about a second reference plane extending through the centers of the first and second bores from the heel portion to the toe portion of the body, and wherein the first bore is positioned toward the heel portion so as to be within a quarter of the body bore width from a heel side of the body, and the second bore is positioned toward the toe portion so as to be within a quarter of the body bore width from a toe side of the body. 
     
     
         18 . The golf club head of  claim 16 , wherein each of the first and second bore heights are at least one third of the total height of the body. 
     
     
         19 . A golf club head comprising:
 a body having a hollow interior, the body comprising:
 a hosel portion; 
 a front strike face; 
 a crown including a central recessed region having a length of at least 2 inches and a width of at least 0.5 inch, the central recessed region including a narrow sight marker extending in a direction from the strike face extending rearward over a portion of the central recessed region, the crown has a first color and the central recessed region is formed of at least a second color that contrasts with the first color; and 
 a sole comprising a floor and sidewalls extending from the floor to the crown. 
   
     
     
         20 . The golf club head of  claim 19 , wherein the central recessed region is formed of at least a second and third color, and wherein the second color transitions into the third color.